The Graveyard Squirrel
@graveyardsquirrel.com
Among the Tombstones with Dead Sleuth Tee - Storyteller and Grave Hunter for Hire. Sleuthing YORK and Beyond.
Grave Hunter: graveyardsquirrel.com
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Tee: @deadsleuth.com
Grave Hunter: graveyardsquirrel.com
Tombstone Tee: teetomb.com
Genealogist: deadsleuth.com
Tee: @deadsleuth.com
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I LOVE graveyards!
If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere!
See YOU on the other side?
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere!
See YOU on the other side?
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
Bare trees and old stones bathed in a December sun.
The view from my world today with @deadsleuth.com
🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
The view from my world today with @deadsleuth.com
🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bare trees and old stones bathed in a December sun.
The view from my world today with @deadsleuth.com
🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
The view from my world today with @deadsleuth.com
🪦 Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
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Excellent day showing my fellow sleuth & genealogist @graveyardsquirrel.com around some of the 9 acres of Wakefield Cemetery 🪦
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Excellent day showing my fellow sleuth & genealogist @graveyardsquirrel.com around some of the 9 acres of Wakefield Cemetery 🪦
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As the final hour of my desk and kettle duties on behalf of @yorkfhs.bsky.social approacheth - no more will I go a’ sleuthing.
Although our YFHS Research Room in York will close the doors for the final time on Thursday November 20 - I will be relieved of my duties forever at 4pm today.
Adieu!
Although our YFHS Research Room in York will close the doors for the final time on Thursday November 20 - I will be relieved of my duties forever at 4pm today.
Adieu!
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As the final hour of my desk and kettle duties on behalf of @yorkfhs.bsky.social approacheth - no more will I go a’ sleuthing.
Although our YFHS Research Room in York will close the doors for the final time on Thursday November 20 - I will be relieved of my duties forever at 4pm today.
Adieu!
Although our YFHS Research Room in York will close the doors for the final time on Thursday November 20 - I will be relieved of my duties forever at 4pm today.
Adieu!
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'At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
'Went the day well?
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'Went the day well?
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'
~ John Maxwell Edmonds
Lest We Forget 🥀
⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.
#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
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Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
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I LOVE graveyards!
If I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or trawling through parish records - I will be wandering around a graveyard somewhere.
For those tombstone tourism exploits why not catch @graveyardsquirrel.com scurrying from graveyard to cemetery and then some?
#StillSleuthing 🔍
If I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or trawling through parish records - I will be wandering around a graveyard somewhere.
For those tombstone tourism exploits why not catch @graveyardsquirrel.com scurrying from graveyard to cemetery and then some?
#StillSleuthing 🔍
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I LOVE graveyards!
If I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or trawling through parish records - I will be wandering around a graveyard somewhere.
For those tombstone tourism exploits why not catch @graveyardsquirrel.com scurrying from graveyard to cemetery and then some?
#StillSleuthing 🔍
If I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or trawling through parish records - I will be wandering around a graveyard somewhere.
For those tombstone tourism exploits why not catch @graveyardsquirrel.com scurrying from graveyard to cemetery and then some?
#StillSleuthing 🔍
'Him who is dead and gone, honour with remembrance, not with tears' ~ Saint John Chrysostom.
Framed by infant ferns and vibrant autumnal leaf - a partially buried gravestone protects the long forgotten at rest.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Holy Trinity Micklegate. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
Framed by infant ferns and vibrant autumnal leaf - a partially buried gravestone protects the long forgotten at rest.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Holy Trinity Micklegate. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'Him who is dead and gone, honour with remembrance, not with tears' ~ Saint John Chrysostom.
Framed by infant ferns and vibrant autumnal leaf - a partially buried gravestone protects the long forgotten at rest.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Holy Trinity Micklegate. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
Framed by infant ferns and vibrant autumnal leaf - a partially buried gravestone protects the long forgotten at rest.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Holy Trinity Micklegate. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
'This Star for a Moment Given'
Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.
🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.
#GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.
🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.
#GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
'This Star for a Moment Given'
Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.
🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.
#GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.
🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.
#GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
A broken wing, a halo and with one tiny perfect foot peeking out from under an elaborate stone gown while protected by a delicate cobweb are all that remains of an angel perched upon an tombstone.
⚰ York Cemetery. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ York Cemetery. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A broken wing, a halo and with one tiny perfect foot peeking out from under an elaborate stone gown while protected by a delicate cobweb are all that remains of an angel perched upon an tombstone.
⚰ York Cemetery. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ York Cemetery. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
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A little early morning tombstone appreciation before I resume my desk and kettle duties for @yorkfhs.bsky.social
And, if you have ancestors to sleuth, you can find me at the RAYLOR CENTRE in YORK at YO10 3DW.
I vanish at 4pm.
⚰ Parish Church of St Denys. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
And, if you have ancestors to sleuth, you can find me at the RAYLOR CENTRE in YORK at YO10 3DW.
I vanish at 4pm.
⚰ Parish Church of St Denys. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
September 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A little early morning tombstone appreciation before I resume my desk and kettle duties for @yorkfhs.bsky.social
And, if you have ancestors to sleuth, you can find me at the RAYLOR CENTRE in YORK at YO10 3DW.
I vanish at 4pm.
⚰ Parish Church of St Denys. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
And, if you have ancestors to sleuth, you can find me at the RAYLOR CENTRE in YORK at YO10 3DW.
I vanish at 4pm.
⚰ Parish Church of St Denys. York. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
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If there was ever a gravestone appropriate to the industrial revolution this one from Batley Cemetery fit the bill perfectly. It is worth expanding the photograph to read the words. Image "My flanges all refuse to slide" Tim Green CC BY 2.0
September 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If there was ever a gravestone appropriate to the industrial revolution this one from Batley Cemetery fit the bill perfectly. It is worth expanding the photograph to read the words. Image "My flanges all refuse to slide" Tim Green CC BY 2.0
As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun.
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
September 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun.
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
Nestled in a bed of lush grass against a sky of cerulean blue - a restored grave of the palest stone celebrates the life of one SIDNEY REYNOLDS who drowned at sea at the age of 16 in the April of 1876.
⚰️ The Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Parnell. Auckland. New Zealand.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰️ The Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Parnell. Auckland. New Zealand.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
August 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nestled in a bed of lush grass against a sky of cerulean blue - a restored grave of the palest stone celebrates the life of one SIDNEY REYNOLDS who drowned at sea at the age of 16 in the April of 1876.
⚰️ The Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Parnell. Auckland. New Zealand.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰️ The Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Parnell. Auckland. New Zealand.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
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I. Is there a mystery within those gnarled branches and fallen leaves of your family tree?
Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors?
Felicitations curious reader - my name is Tee and I am your genealogist, and grave hunter here at The Dead Sleuth.
Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors?
Felicitations curious reader - my name is Tee and I am your genealogist, and grave hunter here at The Dead Sleuth.
August 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I. Is there a mystery within those gnarled branches and fallen leaves of your family tree?
Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors?
Felicitations curious reader - my name is Tee and I am your genealogist, and grave hunter here at The Dead Sleuth.
Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors?
Felicitations curious reader - my name is Tee and I am your genealogist, and grave hunter here at The Dead Sleuth.
Lichen topped and standing tall amid cotton clouds - a monument to recollect the life of one MARGARET DEWAR (1860-1939) and that of her family in Queenstown.
⚰ Queenstown Cemetery. New Zealand.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ Queenstown Cemetery. New Zealand.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
August 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Lichen topped and standing tall amid cotton clouds - a monument to recollect the life of one MARGARET DEWAR (1860-1939) and that of her family in Queenstown.
⚰ Queenstown Cemetery. New Zealand.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ Queenstown Cemetery. New Zealand.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
"Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone." ~ Franco NERO.
Against a cerulean sky with slivers of summer cloud - an intricate cross atop a stone plinth stands within a quintessential churchyard.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Selby. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
Against a cerulean sky with slivers of summer cloud - an intricate cross atop a stone plinth stands within a quintessential churchyard.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Selby. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
July 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone." ~ Franco NERO.
Against a cerulean sky with slivers of summer cloud - an intricate cross atop a stone plinth stands within a quintessential churchyard.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Selby. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
Against a cerulean sky with slivers of summer cloud - an intricate cross atop a stone plinth stands within a quintessential churchyard.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of Selby. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
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As a grave hunter for hire and resident genealogist for 'The Dalesman, - it will be of NO surprise to discover that my JUNE column was devoted to my passion for tombstone tourism.
I should add that my wanderings among the dead can be read and enjoyed anywhere!
#TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
I should add that my wanderings among the dead can be read and enjoyed anywhere!
#TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
July 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
As a grave hunter for hire and resident genealogist for 'The Dalesman, - it will be of NO surprise to discover that my JUNE column was devoted to my passion for tombstone tourism.
I should add that my wanderings among the dead can be read and enjoyed anywhere!
#TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
I should add that my wanderings among the dead can be read and enjoyed anywhere!
#TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
Within a peaceful churchyard, a mottled and worn gravestone adorned with beautiful script tells of the life of JOHN HOLMES of Acomb and his family.
John who died in February 1841, would later be reunited with his wife JANE in 1856.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
John who died in February 1841, would later be reunited with his wife JANE in 1856.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
July 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Within a peaceful churchyard, a mottled and worn gravestone adorned with beautiful script tells of the life of JOHN HOLMES of Acomb and his family.
John who died in February 1841, would later be reunited with his wife JANE in 1856.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
John who died in February 1841, would later be reunited with his wife JANE in 1856.
⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. UK.
#StillSleuthing 🔍
I LOVE graveyards!
If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere!
See YOU on the other side?
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere!
See YOU on the other side?
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
July 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I LOVE graveyards!
If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere!
See YOU on the other side?
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
If I'm not sleuthing for a missing ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @teebylo.bsky.social - I will probably be wandering among some tombstones somewhere!
See YOU on the other side?
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
I. Within a picturesque churchyard near York and framed by long grass is the tomb of EDWARD TENNYSON (1813-1890)
Edward was the younger brother of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate (1809-1892) and had been institutionalized since his teenage years.
Edward was the younger brother of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate (1809-1892) and had been institutionalized since his teenage years.
July 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I. Within a picturesque churchyard near York and framed by long grass is the tomb of EDWARD TENNYSON (1813-1890)
Edward was the younger brother of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate (1809-1892) and had been institutionalized since his teenage years.
Edward was the younger brother of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet laureate (1809-1892) and had been institutionalized since his teenage years.
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An excellent day with @yorkfhs.bsky.social celebrating their 50th anniversary at Acomb Parish Hall, York & an enlightening tour of St. Stephen's Churchyard learning about some of the individuals interred there with @graveyardsquirrel.bsky.social 🪦
June 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An excellent day with @yorkfhs.bsky.social celebrating their 50th anniversary at Acomb Parish Hall, York & an enlightening tour of St. Stephen's Churchyard learning about some of the individuals interred there with @graveyardsquirrel.bsky.social 🪦